Timeline
1917-1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s2001
Landmark gifts from Chicagoans Mary Vermillion and David Vitale give the Institute of Psychology its first endowed scholarship fund for graduate students and its first fund to support undergraduate majors
2002
Professor Chow Lam, Ph.D. launches the first masters program in vocational rehabilitation in south-east Asia
Institute of Psychology's Rehabilitation Program ranked #12 in the country
Psychology co-sponsors the conference "The Technology of Humanity" with the Institute for Science, Law and Technology
2003
Rehabilitation Program and Industrial/Organizational Psychology Program are ranked among the top 13 in the nation by Princeton Reviews' Gourman Report and top 10 by U.S. News and World Report
2004
IIT Trustee and Psychology Board Member, William C. Bartholomay provides the lead gift to create the first endowed faculty chair for Rehabilitation Psychology at the Institute
Professor Joyce Hopkins, Ph.D. (Co-Investigator, with a colleague from Children's Memorial) is awarded a five-year, $3.5 million, NIMH funded study of "Oppositional Defiant Disorder/Depression in Young Children: Developmental Aspects"
Society of Industrial Organizational Psychologists hosts International convention in Chicago with record breaking attendance at IIT alumni reception honoring Distinguished Professor Nambury Raju
Institute of Psychology's Rehabilitation Program retains rank of #5 in the United States
2005
Charles "Arch" Pounian Fellowship Endowment is established to provide graduate scholarships in Industrial/Organizational psychology
The Institute of Psychology celebrates its 10th year as an institute and 80 years of psychology degrees at IIT